Clifford's First Snow Day

Clifford the Big Red Dog

by Norman Bridwell, Teresa Mlawer (Translator)

Emily Elizabeth recalls a snowy day while Clifford was a puppy, when he went sledding in her boot, was rescued from the ice by a hockey player, and helped build a snowman

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Dogs, Animals, Fiction, Christmas, Kids

32 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1998

About the author

Norman Bridwell was an American author and cartoonist, best-known for the Clifford the Big Red Dog series of children's books. Bridwell attended John Herron School of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana. He lived on Martha's Vineyard, MA, where he wrote an average of two books a year.

Reviews

[Shirley Revill]

Small children love this book and the stories of Clifford are a firm favourite at our house.
Recommended.

[Rehan Abd Jamil]

♥️

[Elaine]

Perfect to showcase snow activities to young children!

[Jeannie]

Evie’s first library book! Pleased she picked Clifford. Surprised she picked one about snow. Very cute and quick read, lots of details in the illustrations.

[Lotta Z]

My son read us this one as well and he loves this story. He is such a fan of animals and loves that Clifford grows to be a giant dog at the end of the book. Bless him!

[Juliana Kolbasovsky]

Clifford’s First Snow Day by Norman Bridwell is about a girl, Elizabeth remembering her dog, Clifford’s very first snow day. This whole book was told as a flashback, coming back to present day on the first and last page. Clifford has tons of different adventures sliding down a hill, going on a frozen lake, and building a snowman. On Clifford’s very first snow day he was very tiny, we know this because of the illustrations and context clues given throughout the book; this reminded me about my dog, who is very tiny. My dog and I have gone through similar experiences in the snow as Clifford and it was fun to remember the past winters with my dog.

[McKenzie Richardson]

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A cute story about Clifford's first experience with snow as a tiny puppy. The pictures pair nicely with the simple text, progressing the story on. The illustrations were well done and also showed a nice range of emotions beyond happy and sad.

Nice book about ingenuity, creative thinking, and everyone's favorite red dog.

[Amanda Brooke]

It's snowing where we live which is rare so our schools reverted from hybrid to remote. So for the second time I read Clifford's first snow day in my Kindergarten Zoom - every few seconds a kid would interupt, I can't see you! I was in presentation mode so I am not sure what the problem was. I just hope that they all went out and played in the snow after our lesson. A kid can grow two sizes in this town before it snows again.

[Bev]

Read with my son when he was in first grade.* The original Clifford, the Big Red Dog was one of my favorites when growing up. My son enjoyed all the Clifford books that came out and they made good books that he could read to me.

*He had to keep a reading log and I just found this when going through storage tubs.

[Danielle Williams]

Funny

[Becky]

Gift for Margaret from a friend (Thanks, Michelle!). Margaret picked this book and loved it!

[Kendra KB.HG]

Hayden Age 11
Clifford is a good boy.

[Tibbara's Den]

I loved the Clifford books growing up and they are still enjoyable today. This one was very cute as Clifford experiences snow for the first time.

[Adam]

(read aloud by himself at 5yo, no words missed)

[Laura]

I love Clifford books and this was no exception. It was a throwback to when he was a puppy. :)

[Eleanor Fernandes]

Elle's Review (6 years old)
I love the book because I like how it is snowing and the kids are playing

[Lynn Davidson]

When Clifford was a wee puppy, Emily Elizabeth took him out to see his first snow. He was so tiny that he got lost in the snow, and when Emily Elizabeth and her friend Tim searched for him they found him in a funny place. Cute story and illustrations.

[Hye Eun]

This is a good seasonal book that would be nice to read during winter. It talks about the past kind of like flashback so it could be used to explain the flashbacks in a story. The book is fairly short so I would read it to kindergarten and first grade students. I like how it also talks about the different things you can do during the winter.

[Jasmine Robinson]

All children have heard about and read about Clifford the Big Red Dog. This is a great seasonal book to ready for the winter time. Clifford struggles with having fun on this snow day because he is so little, but in the end he has a whole lot of fun.

[Satin]

I love Clifford!

[Amber]

Great book to introduce the winter season and to spread holiday cheer with younger students. Will definitely add to students imagination of the excitement to come during the holidays.

[Theresa]

good early reader, using texet to relate to the television show, a cute childhood story book.

[Kate]

Cherry tree read - winter/snow

[Sydney Conrad]

A regular run of the mill Clifford book.

[Sarah]

Puppy Clifford enjoys his first snowstorm.

[Tam]

My 5-year-old loved this book.

[Colette]

Cute

[Karley]

A cute story that explores a dog's first snow day. A great read aloud when discussing sequencing.

[Penny]

It's Clifford... always fine but never fabulous.

[Rosa Cline]

Very cute Clifford the big red dog book... Emily Elizabeth talks about when Clifford was a super tiny puppy and how he reacted to his first deep snow. Fun book for children